🌱 How Forty Fort’s historic Denison House connects to a new state marker
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- How Forty Fort’s historic Denison House connects to a new state marker
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📰 News we're reading
• Historic marker dedication to honor preservation leader (citizensvoice.com) — A new state historic marker honoring preservation leader Frances Dorrance will be dedicated Oct. 24 in Kingston, and it’s closely tied to Luzerne County’s history resources in Forty Fort. The Luzerne County Historical Society, which operates the Denison House in Forty Fort, invites residents to this free public ceremony celebrating regional heritage and Dorrance’s work documenting Native American sites and Wyoming Valley’s early settlement. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Plains
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Luzerne
- Luzerne County Community College Foundation holds annual scholarship dinner (citizensvoice.com)
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